Grants & Awards

Grants

  • Research and Evaluation of the Design Based Engineering Curriculum (with Neeraj Buch & Matthew Koehler). $80,000 for 18 months.
  • Reaching and educating at risk children in India. In collaboration with the American Institutes of Research, Juarez Associates and World Education. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. $500,000 for three years.
  • Teachers as designers: A problem-based approach to preparing teachers. US Department of Education $1,500,000. PI with Yong Zhao, Matthew Koehler & Cheryl Rosean (September 2003- August 2006)
  • Writing | Information | Design in E-Space: Strategic Partnership Proposal. MSU Foundation. August 2003 - 2006), $553,000. I am an affiliated faculty member with this project. The PIs are James Porter (Rhetoric and Writing) & Jeff Grabill (Arts and Letters).
  • Children’s understanding of and interactions with anthropomorphic robotic toys. Institute for Teaching and Learning In-house grant program. With Dr. Altermatt, and Dr. Brophy-Herb. ($3,840).
  • Does Involving Girls as Designers Result in Girl-Friendly Science Education Software? Comparing processes and outcomes of same-sex 5th and 8th grade girl and boy design teams. National Science Foundation. With Rhonda Egidio and Carrie Heeter, $640,000 (January 2003 - December 2005).
  • Perceived intelligence and the design of computer interfaces. New Faculty Research Initiation Program. Intramural Research Grant Program, Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, $50,000. (January 2001 - August 2002).
  • Bringing Attribution Theory to Educational Technology: Developing a new research agenda. Joe L. Byers & Lucy Bates-Byers Endowment. $40,000 (August 2000 - July 2003).
  • Development and field testing of interview and think-aloud protocols for studying epistemological beliefs of teachers and students in information technology rich instructional environments in community colleges career and technical education programs. Institute for Teaching and Learning In-house grant program With John Dirkx & Gloria Keilbaso. $4,065 (August 2000 - December 2001).
  • The Psycho-Social aspects of learning with interactive media. Dean’s Technology Fund. $17,000 (January 2000 - December 2001)
  • Communities of designers: A comprehensive project-based approach to preparing tomorrow’s teachers to use technology. US Department of Education. With Yong ZHao, $1,419,552. (June 2000-May 2003).
  • Old Brain New Media: Evolutionary Psychology meets Educational Technology. Institute for Teaching and Learning In-house grant program. $1,200 (January 1999 - August 1999).
  • Building Elementary Science Units and Communities. Educational Technology Challenge Grant. With Ed Smith & Kathy Roth. $ 250,000. August 1999 - January 2000.
  • Telling Stories with Technology: Theories of Narrative in Commercial Storytelling Software. In house technology grant with Rick Ferdig. $1,800 (November 1998)

Awards

  • Teaching Excellence Award, College of Education (2006)
  • Received Teacher Scholar Award (2004)
  • Nominated for Teacher Scholar Award by the College of Education, MSU (2003)
  • MSU Lilly Faculty Fellowship. Awarded by Michigan State University. Developing an online course on Learning Technology by Design. (2000 - 2001)
  • Editor’s Choice Award (1998) Awarded by the International Visual Literacy Association for best paper presented at the 1997 IVLA conference.
  • APF/COGDOP Graduate Research Scholarship in Psychology (1997-1998), Awarded by the American Psychological Association & Council of Graduate Departments in Psychology for my dissertation project
  • Dissertation Completion Fellowship (1997-1998), Awarded by the Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • On-campus Dissertation Research Grant (Fall 1996), Awarded by the Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Graduate Travel Grant (Spring 1998) Awarded by the Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Graduate Travel Grant (Fall 1997), Awarded by the Graduate College, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • William Chandler Bagley Fellow (1992 - 96), Academic merit fellowship, awarded by the College of Education, University of Illinois
  • Honorable mention for Urbana School District web site design. (September 1997), Awarded by MultiMedia Schools Magazine
  • Listed as one of the teaching assistants rated as being excellent by their students, List maintained by the Daily Illini
  • High Five Award for Excellence in Web Design (August 1995), For the web-magazine Darpan: Electronic reflections of India
  • Graduate Scholarship (1988-1990) Awarded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India
  • National Talent Search Scholarship (1982 - 1990) Awarded by the Government of India
  • Junior Science Talent Scholarship (1980 - 1982) Awarded by the Department of Education, India